subject text <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/16/MNPQ11A3VF.DTL&tsp=1>Gay couples allowed to marry in California</a> <p> A bigger victory would have been converting all state marriages to private civil contracts and separating the state from marriage entirely, but this is at least a step forward. <p> I'll be at SF City Hall tomorrow with other folks from the local Libertarian Party handing out flowers and <a href=http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/sChXSPgsoxFW26e9-rLGu9udfd0kB6Q9fyGTXohistYwdsgKUvUxIvf_nNK1CqD0RuAmFeOjqOxkFLlVUmeEco77Q3sVfOJcQeU/lpsfweddingcard.jpg>congratulation cards</a> to the just-married same sex couples. password